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Question

主题是要说明失败了但不气馁并从中汲取教训,最终走向成功的名人事例,20-30词左右,或名人名言,说不怕失败的这类话,尽量多举几个!谢谢!

Answer 1

1,爱迪生的经典名言：“Genius is one percent of inspiration and ninty-nine percent of perspiration.”（天才是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的汗水。）
事例：当有人问他在发明灯泡的1万次失败期间是怎样坚持下去的时候，他说，在这个过程中他从未失败过；相反，他找到了1万种无效的方法。他一生中写下的3400本详细记录发明设想、实验情况的笔记，就是这段话的有力佐证。

2，贝多芬：“I will take fate by the throat ,it will not bend me completely to its will." 我要扼住命运的咽喉，它决不能使我屈服。”
事例：从1796年开始，贝多芬就发现自己的听力急剧下降，对于一位风华正茂，踌躇满志的钢琴家和音乐家来说，听力的衰退不啻于世界末日。但贝多芬进行了顽强的抗争，并说出了那句传送千古的名言：“我要扼住命运的咽喉，它决不能使我屈服。”

3，雨果说：
“对那些有自信心而不介意于暂时成败的人，没有所谓失败！对怀着百折不挠的坚定意志的人，没有所谓失败！对别人放手，而他仍然坚持；别人后退，而他仍然前冲的人，没有所谓失败！对每次跌倒，而立刻站起来；每次坠地，反会像皮球一样跳得更高的人，没有所谓失败！”
事例：路易波拿巴上台后建立了法兰西第二帝国。他实行恐怖政策，对反抗者无情镇压。雨果也遭到迫害，不得不流亡国外。流亡期间，雨果一直坚持对拿破仑三世的斗争，他写政治讽刺小册子和政治讽刺诗，猛烈抨击拿破仑三世的独裁统治。这时期，他先后发表了长篇小说《悲惨世界》、《海上劳工》和《笑面人》。《悲惨世界》成为雨果的代表作。

4，迈克·迪塔卡【美】：“除非你停止尝试，否则就永远不会是失败者。”

5，俾斯麦（“从上至下”统一德国的代表人物）说：“对于不屈不挠的人来说，没有失败这回事。”
事例：在统一德国过程中，俾斯麦纵横捭阖，无所不用其极。1866年4月8日，他同意大利结成同盟，随时准备向奥地利开战。但是，大家都指责俾斯麦如果推行武力政策失败，他将成为历史的罪人。俾斯麦在御前会议上坚定地说：“我知道，我被普遍咒骂。正像人们常说，命运无常。我拿脑袋作赌注，哪怕我上断头台，也要赌到底。普鲁士和德意志都不能保持原状，两者都必须走（武力）这条路，别无他途！”

6，拿破仑：“Our atest glory consists not in never falling, but in raising every time we fall.
人生的光荣，不在永不失败，而在于能够屡扑屡起。”
他用自己跌宕起伏的一生充分地阐明了这句话。

7，莎士比亚：“明智的人决不坐下来为失败而哀号，他们一定乐观地寻找办法来加以挽救。”
“不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的！（Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect ！）”

8， 德国革命家 马克思. K .说：“There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits .
在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。”
事例：五十年代是马克思一生中最困难的时期。贫困的生活把他压得喘不过气来，形形色色的敌人对他攻击诽谤，几乎所有的报刊对他关上了大门。但他没有退缩，继续战斗。他成年累月地在英国博物馆研读政治经济文献，埋头从事经济学研究，为无产阶级锻造理论武器，并最终有了后来的一切成果。

10， 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.说：“ Success covers a multitude of blunders . 成功由大量的失望铸就。”
事例：萧伯纳想以写作谋生，但是他并不顺利，他的小说，伦敦和美国的出版商都不屑一顾。在长达九年的时间里所得的稿酬不过6英镑，其中5英镑还是代写卖药广告的报酬。文学道路的坎坷并没有使萧伯纳灰心丧气，为了在社会上有立足之地，他更加勤奋的学习和写作。后来，他的戏剧改变了19世纪末英国舞台的阴霾状况，他本人也成为了戏剧界的革新家，掀开了英国戏剧史的新一页。

11，歌德 ：“Man errs as long as he strives. 失误是进取的代价。”

12，梭罗：“The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。”

Answer 2

你好，这里有一些名言
1, the famous Edison: "Genius is one percent of inspiration and ninty-nine percent of perspiration." (Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.)
Example: When someone asked him the invention of the light bulb 10,000 times what the failure to do so during the period, he said, in the process he has never failed; Instead, he found 10,000 kinds of invalid approach. His life to write a detailed record of the 3400 invention of the idea of the experiment notes, is powerful proof of this passage.

2, Beethoven: "I will take fate by the throat, it will not bend me completely to its will." I would like to扼住the fate of the throat, it will not make me yield. "
Example: From the beginning of 1796, Beethoven found himself on the sharp decline in hearing, for a young and smug for the pianist and musician, as good as listening to the end of the world recession. But Beethoven had a tenacious resistance, and through the ages to send out the famous phrase: "I would like to扼住fate of the throat, it will not make me yield."

3, Victor Hugo said:
"For those who have self-confidence and do not mind the success or failure in the time being, it is not the so-called failed! Of perseverance with the firm will of the people, not the so-called failed! A free hand to others, and he still insists; others back, and he still downfield people, not the so-called failed! each fall, and immediately stood up; each bring, it will jump higher as the ball of the same people, not the so-called failed! "
Examples: Louis Bonaparte came to power after the establishment of the French Second Empire. He introduced the policy of terror, ruthless suppression of the insurgents. Hugo has also been persecuted, forced into exile. Exile, Hugo has always insisted on the struggle against Napoleon III, he wrote political satire and political satire pamphlet poetry, strongly criticized the dictatorship of Napoleon III. This period, he published the novel "Les Miserables", "sea workers" and "The pleasant face of the people." "Les Miserables" has become the representative of Victor Hugo.

4,迈克迪塔卡【U.S.】: "unless you stop trying, or else there will not be a loser."

5, Bismarck ( "top-down" the representative of the reunification of Germany) said: "For the indomitable, there is no such thing as failure."
Examples: In the course of a unified Germany, Bismarck maneuvers, all sorts of means. April 8, 1866, he had formed an alliance with Italy, Austria stands ready to go to war. However, we all blamed Bismarck introduced the use of force if the policy fails, he will be condemned by history. Meeting in Bismarck omae firmly said: "I know, I generally curse. As is often said that the fate of impermanence. I am holding his head at stake, even if I am on the scaffold, but also gambling in the end. Prussia and Germany can not maintain the status quo , both of which must follow the (force) this road, no other way! "

6, Napoleon: "Our atest glory consists not in never falling, but in raising every time we fall.
Glorious life, is not and never fail, but rather be able to repeat since repeated bashing. "
With their own ups and downs of his life fully to clarify the remark.

7, Shakespeare: "a wise person will never sit down and wail for the failure, they must find a way to optimistic to be saved."
"Do not just because a defeat, give up your determination to achieve the original purpose! (Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect!)"

8, the German Marxist revolutionaries. K. Said: "There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits.
In science there is no flat road, and only afraid of the working class, along the rugged road to climb, and only hope to achieve its glorious peak. "
Examples: the fifties are the most difficult life Marxist period. The lives of the poor hard-pressed him, the enemy of all forms of defamation against him, almost all the newspapers on his door shut. However, he did not back down and continue fighting. He成年累月in the British Museum studying political and economic literature, immersed in economics to engage in research, forging theoretical weapon for the proletariat, and eventually have all the results later.

10, British playwright Bernard Shaw. G. said: "Success covers a multitude of blunders. The success of a large number of disappointed by the cast."
Examples: George Bernard Shaw would like to make a living writing, but he did not go so well, his novel, London and the United States, publishers are dismissive. In time for nine years from six pounds of royalties, however, which was five pounds, or selling advertising on behalf of the reward. Literature of the bumpy road and not discouraged by George Bernard Shaw, in order to have a foothold in society, he more diligent study and writing. Later, he changed the theatrical stage for the late 19th century the haze situation in the United Kingdom, he became the theater's renovation, and the United Kingdom opened a new chapter in the history of drama.

11, Goethe: "Man errs as long as he strives. The cost of mistakes is a positive move."

12, Solo: "The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. Despite the failure and frustration of people waiting for one times to take the appearance of youth, but the prospect of adding to the life of a dignity, which is the success of any successful can not do. "本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 3

Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher)
差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加 L A)

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer)
虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的(美国作家 海伦·凯勒)

As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (Hugh Black, American writer)
水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。(美国作家 布莱克 H)

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. (Leonhard Frand , German novelist)
我可以拿走人的任何东西，但有一样东西不行，这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活态度的自由。(德国小说家 弗兰克 L)

Every tragedy makes heroes of common people. (Normna Stephens, American writer)
每场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄来。(美国作家 斯蒂芬斯 N)

He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. (F.C.Comford, British writer)
自己甘愿受辱的人，受污辱也活该。(英国作家 科福德 F C)

I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (Helen Keller,Ameican writer)
我发现生活是令人激动的事情，尤其是为别人活着时。(美国作家 海伦·凯勒)

I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.(Jack London, American novelist)
我一生下来就开始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。(美国小说家 杰克·伦敦)

If you want to live your whole life free from pain
如果你想一生摆脱苦难

You must become either a god or else a coupes
你就得是神或者是死尸

Consider other men's troubles
想想他人的不幸

That will comfort yours
你就能坦然面对人生

Menander, Ancient Athenian playwriter
古雅典剧作家 米南德

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (George Bernad Shaw, British dramastist)
对于害怕危险的人，这个世界上总是 危险的。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳 G)

It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (William Somerset Maugham, British novelist)
说苦难能使人格得到升华，这是不确切的；幸福有时倒能做到这一点，而苦难常会使人心胸狭窄，产生复仇的心理。(英国小说家 毛姆 W S)

Let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (Seebohm Caroline, British physician)
让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。(英国医生 卡罗琳 S)

Light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent. (Lucius Annaeus Seneneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher)
小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷声不响。(古罗马哲学家 尼加 L A)

Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.(James Russell Lowell, American poetess and critic)
灾难就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以为我们服务，拿住刀刃则会割破手。(美国女诗人、批评家 洛威尔 J R)

No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us. (B.T.Washington, American educator)
除了我们自己以外，没有人能贬低我们。如果我们坚强，就没有什么不良影响能够打败我们。(美国教育家 华盛顿 B T)

No pain , no palm; no thorns , no throne ; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. (William Penn, British admiral)
没有播种，何来收获；没有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。(英国海军上将 佩恩 W)

Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals. (Lucius Anaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher)
乐观主义者总是想象自己实现了目标的情景。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加 L A)

Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life. (Alan Loy Mcginnis ,British writer)
或许你不能支配自己的工作，但你能够使生活发生转变。(英国作家 麦金尼斯 A L)

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
顺境时显现恶习，逆境时凸现美德

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president)
从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。(美国总统 肯尼迪 J)

Sweet are the uses of adversity.(William Shakspeare,British Playwriter)
苦尽甘来。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚 W)

The chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity. (Burejer, British writer)
中文的“危机”分为两个字，一个意味着危险，另外一个意味着机会。(英国作家 布瑞杰)

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.(James Russell Lowell, American Poetess and critic)
最难忍受的不幸是那些从未来临的不幸。(美国女诗人、评论家 洛威尔 J R)

The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. (Seebohm Caroline, British Physician)
你越是为了解决问题而拼斗，你就越变得急躁——在错误的思路中陷得越深，也越难摆脱痛苦。(英国医生 卡罗琳 S)

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. (Thomas Carlyle, British essayist and historian)
生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。(英国散文家、历史学家 卡莱尔 T)

The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer)
对于过去不幸的记忆，构成了新不幸。(西班牙作家 塞万提斯 M)

Tough--minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher)
意志坚强的乐观主义者用“世上无难事”人生观来思考问题，越是遭受悲剧打击，越是表现得坚强。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加 L A)

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(H.J.Kaier, American businessman)
困难只是穿上工作服的机遇。(美国实业家 凯泽 H J)

We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. (La Rochefoucauld, French writer)
我们都有足够的力量来忍受别人的不幸。(法国作家 拉罗什富科)

We shall defend ourselves to the last breath of man and beast. (William II, King of England)
只要一息尚存，我们就要为保卫自己而战。(英国皇帝 威廉二世)

Answer 4

All things in their being are good for something.

· 天生我才必有用。

· Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

· 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

· Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine

· 失败乃成功之母。

· For man is man and master of his fate.

· 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

· The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates

· 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底

· None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmus

· 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。

· Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon

· 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运 - 尼克松

· Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin

· 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。-- 罗斯金

· What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot

· 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 · 埃略特

· Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

-- Lincoln

· 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

· There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac

· 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 -- 巴尔扎克

· The good seaman is known in bad weather.

· 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

· Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman

· 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 -- 纽曼

· Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving

· 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。 -- 欧文

· An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

· 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。-- 史蒂文森

· While there is life there is hope.

· 一息若存，希望不灭。 -- 英国谚语

· Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein

· 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 -- 爱因斯坦

· You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Charles Chaplin

· 人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 -- 卓别林

· Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.

· 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

· We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King

· 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁 · 路德 · 金

· Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin

· 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林

· Nothing seek, nothing find.

· 无所求则无所获。

· Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle

· 生命不止，奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔

· A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.

· 千里之行，始于足下。

· Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine

· 只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。 -- 斯威特切尼

· The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. -- Bernara Shaw

· 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。 -- 萧伯纳

· A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison

· 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生

· He who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- Goethe

· 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德

· Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. -- M.Moore

· 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔

· Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

· 人往高处走，水往低处流。

· Man errs as long as he strives. -- Goethe

· 失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德

· The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau

· 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。 -- 梭罗

· A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -- J. Burroughs

· 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 -- 巴勒斯

Answer 5

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1.Do nor for one repulse, for go the purpose that you resolved to effort. -- Shakespeare

不要因为一次挫折就放弃你原来决心要达到的目标. -- 莎士比亚

2.Perseverance is falling nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. -- J. Anderson

只要坚韧不拔,失败十九次之后,第二十次就会成功. -- 安德森

3.Today's opportunity erase yesterday's failures. -- Gene Brown

今日的机遇可抹去昨日的失败. -- 吉恩 · 布朗

4.You have to pay the price but if you do you can only win. -- Frank Leahy

为了成功,你必须付出代价.如果你付出了代价,你就会成功. -- 莱希

5.It's better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. -- A.H.Clough

奋战过而失败,强于根本未战. -- 克拉夫

6.Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. -- Lincoln

记住,当人生之路陡峭之时,要保持沉着. -- 林肯

7.Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man. --Fredrich Edwin Smith Birkenhead

优雅地迎接成功,勇敢地面对挫折. -- 伯肯黑德

8.A man can succeed at almost anything for which he was unlimited enthusiasm. -- C. M. Schwal

只要有无限的热情,一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功.-- 施瓦希

9.Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. -- A. Gide

人只有鼓起勇气,告别海岸,才能发现新的海洋. -- 纪德

10.The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. -- Goethe

人生最重要的是树立一个远大的目标,并下定决心去实现它. -- 歌德

But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )
但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！ (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)
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I succeeded because I willed it I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)

If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)
实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)

Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
There are trivial truths, and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
-- Neils Bohr

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-- Niels Bohr

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be acheived.
-- William Jennings Bryant

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
-- Francis Crawford

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
-- Josephus Daniels

... I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
-- Thomas Edison

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
-- Albert Einstein

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
-- Henry Ford

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
-- James Joyce

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
-- Abraham Lincoln

The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
-- Abraham Lincoln

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
-- Orison Swett Marden

No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
-- David O. McKay, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Advice to parents at General Conference of he LDS Church, April, 1964

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
-- Robert Schuller

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
-- Robert Schuller

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
-- Beverly Sills

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.
-- Sydney Smith

Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.
-- Arnold Toynbee

If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.
-- Abigail Van Buren

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
-- Gore Vidal

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
-- George E. Woodberry